Fallon Nigro is running for elected office for the first time. She is the daughter of Joe Bloecker, a former trustee.

Since being elected in 2017, Susan. McGraw Keber has thrown herself into the job with gusto, serving on six trustee committees that oversee education, Accabonac Harbor and Hog Creek, Northwest Creek and Harbor, the beaches, media and social media, and aquaculture.

Unique among all the candidates for East Hampton Town trustee, Mike Martinsen spends almost every day of the year on the water.

Stephen Lester, having served six terms as a town trustee, did not seek re-election in 2015. “I needed a break,” he said this week.

Rona Klopman is seeking a trustee seat for the third time, having run twice before, though unsuccessfully.

This year marks Michael Havens’s second bid for a trustee seat. The lifelong resident of the town is among a long line of baymen in his family, and he believes that experience will serve him well if elected.

Jim Grimes is seeking a third term as an East Hampton trustee. The born-and-raised Montauk resident and fire department volunteer owns James C. Grimes Land Design and Fort Pond Native Plants.

It was while screening potential candidates for East Hampton Town Trustee as a member of the town Democratic Committee that Tim Garneau became interested in running for the post himself.

Nearing the end of his second term, Rick Drew has attended every trustee meeting since his swearing-in. “I’ve tried to make it a real priority,” he said this week.

A first-time candidate, Ben Dollinger grew up off Three Mile Harbor Road and now lives along Fort Pond in Montauk, “a body of water that’s under attack.”

Francis Bock, the clerk of the trustees since Democrats assumed a majority in 2016, is seeking his fifth term on the board.

Macmillan Publishers, which produces work by some of the most popular authors, has announced an embargo on e-books for libraries. The limits will be particularly acute in Suffolk County.

John Aldred, an incumbent who lives in East Hampton, is running for a second term as East Hampton Town trustee.

In addition to a three-way race for supervisor, voters in Southampton Town have five choices for two seats on the town board.

Linda Kabot, a Republican and former Southampton Town supervisor, is hoping to make a political comeback by unseating Democratic Suffolk County Legislator Bridget Fleming, who has represented residents of the Second Legislative District, from Montauk to Moriches plus Shelter Island, for four years.

The East Hampton Kiwanis Club's annual Family Fun Day, originally scheduled for last weekend, was postponed because of rainy weather.

County Executive Steve Bellone, a Democrat, is facing a re-election challenge this year from John Kennedy, the Republican county comptroller.

Find your polling place. And information about early voting in East Hampton and Southampton Towns.

Betsy Bambrick, a Conservative and Libertarian candidate for East Hampton Town Board in the forthcoming election, has an active complaint with the New York State Commission on Human Rights alleging mistreatment, age discrimination, and a hostile work environment during her final years as head of the town’s Ordinance Enforcement Division.